02/27/15
As millions purchase health insurance on healthcare.gov and the uninsured rate drops to the lowest level in seven years, the U.S. Supreme Court prepares next week to hear the most serious challenge to the Affordable Care Act yet. At stake for more than a half a million Michiganders is millions of dollars in federal subsidies that make policies affordable.

02/26/15
Upscale menswear designer John Varvatos is returning to his native metro Detroit with a store in the former Wright Kay Building at 1500 Woodward Ave., owned by Dan Gilbert's Bedrock Real Estate Services.

02/26/15
People are driven to start a business for a variety of reasons. For some, it's a lifelong dream and for others, an unplanned situation such as a layoff or buyout, for example, may have driven them to chart a different path.

02/23/15
An International Trade Commission exclusion order will allow customs enforcement against knockoffs based on structural or design similarities to Rainbow Loom as well the use of its name or a similar name.

02/22/15
The Jan. 26 issue of Crain's reported in a Rumblings item ("Ranking: Detroit is an unhealthy city") on a study from BetterDoctor.com that ranked Detroit as the 40th-healthiest city out of the 50 tracked. If one had taken the time to explore the study's methodology, as I am wont to do, one would see that the rate of uninsured and the AFI score were both regional, not city, measures.

02/18/15
On Jan. 13, the Michigan Court of Appeals found that the Michigan Public Service Commission did not comply with its duty under the Michigan Environmental Protection Act to consider the environmental effects of the licensing of a natural gas pipeline and remanded the decision back to the MPSC for full consideration consistent with MEPA.

02/18/15
If I had to name the one emotion that makes my life better on a daily basis, I would say love. Not just the remarkable, romantic love I share with my wife, but also the love I have for my boys, my family, my work, my friends, nature — the list is endless. Love is an overwhelming force in my life, and it should be in yours! If it’s not, set that target in your sights and make it a Desired Outcome.

02/18/15
Dan Gilbert’s next set of fingerprints on the city of Detroit could appear well outside of the downtown core on a portion of the former Michigan State Fairgrounds site, where Gilbert and other interested developers are weighing options for residential construction.

02/17/15
You likely remember him as the president who presided over the Spanish-American War in 1898 following the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine, which killed 266 men. Or maybe as the POTUS who annexed Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Guam. But what I remember him for is a napkin.

02/15/15
It’s official. Michigan utilities are on track to meet the state’s mandate to produce 10 percent of electricity production through renewable energy sources by the end of this year, the Michigan Public Service Commission said in a report Friday.